Game-cards.



W. T. TRUSTY.

GAMB CARDS.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 17, 1905.

Patented Aug. 20, 1912.

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Nass C70 he@ Wacker' attenua# GAME-CARDS .Application-'nieti- Augustl 12",v 1905.`

To all whom z'may'concernf Be it known that I, WIInIAMf' T. Tauern,

a citizenY of` the` Unitedg States, residing: at

Pinel Valley,\in1the county of Yalobusha, State of Mississippi, have."` invented certain new and useful Improvements inl Game- Cards; andlII-do hereby declare the'foll'owing to be' aiull,-clear, and exact descriptionvl of the invention, suclias will enable others` skilled inthe art to whichit appert'ainsV to make andluse the saine This inventionA relates to` playingv cards' andlhas for'its principalfobjectf to providea card game off'such-nature ais-'to amuse andf also to educate children.

Another object of the cardi gameresides in the provision' of a packvtof'fcards arranged in sets according t'o' gradesV iny the" public schools, there being'a'singlecard, equal as regards pointsyt'olany oneof' the: differentv sets:

`With these andi other objectsvin Viewy the present invention consists` in the combination :andarrangementhereinafter more' fully described, shown in the accompanying@ drawings and? par-'ticularilyV pointedl out; in the claims hereto'appen'ded,itibeingnnderstoodf that; changes in the rmyproportion, size and minor details may be madefwithfout Ldeparting from the spirit.or'sacriiicingany of the advantages of the invention.`

In the drawings: Figure 1 illustrates a portion of aicomplete paelroiicards. Fig.

2 illustrates another portion of the said pack of cards, and Fig. 3 illustrates the teacher card.

Referring to the drawings, it will be seen that thirty-seven cards are employed in the game and these cards are divided into sets of tour cards each together with a single card, referred to hereinafter as the teacher card. Each card with the exception of the teacher card is provided with three letters of the alphabet and four consecutive numbers together with the name or number of the grade of a school. Taking up tirst the first grade set 0I' cards it will be seen that they are arranged in vertical alinement for the purpose of illustration, and that each card of this set includes the first three letters of the alphabet as indicated by the reference character 1. The letters elnployed in this set are A, B and C, and these are arranged in four lines upon each card, in such a way that the positions of the letters on one card vary with respect to the Speccaton of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 20; 19121 Serial No. 2745568.

positions of the letters on the other'cards: Associated witheachline ofE letters are num*- bers, designated by the referencecharacter 2. The numbers in thisy particular set aref 1, 2,3 and,thesaidnumbers arelilrethe t lettersv arrangedE in tourlines,- eachiiigure being placed on' the cardadja-'cent tile said' letters.r These numbersare interchanged on the cards in .thesamemanner as'tliefle't-ters above mentioned: By this` arrangement 1 will be associated with Al on eachcard,-2

withy -B, 8 with -B-G onea'chf c'arclf and 4 withl-G onea-ch card. Thus it will be noted that each numbervis i arranged ad'- jacent a particular letter or-'grfoupof" letters and is employed consecutivelyy therewith; t

The 4second set of cards',lidentitied asfsecond grade cards, include the lettersD,fE andlFf or the third grade cards includeth'eletters G, I-I and I, anditlie numerals-9,-10,f-11and" 12.- The following sets ot cards are like#y wise provided with correspondingi numbers and letters. spectivelyprovided across'o-nev corner! with the name ofl they particular grade, as" iiidiv cated'by the referencecharacter- 3f The teacher card differs materiallyy The' cardsoff each set' are re-'j from the other' cards in that' iti is? devoidofi 85 any letters or numbers such as' are' asso# ciated with tliebefore'mentionedcards.

this n card is printed the words The teacher togetherl with -an-yf desired :namefor the teacher, as indicated by the reference character 4c. This card however has a value in the final counting of the game as any one complete set of the cards.

In practice in order to play the game the cards including the teacher card are well shutliecl, after which one may dealr the cards one at a time to the players until each player has received two cards in this manner. Any number of people may play the game at one time. The players then take up their cards, the party to the left of the dealer having rst call. This particular player demands of another player a card he desires and obviously a card to match one of the cards he holds in his hand. A. player in calling for the card understands which card to call for by the numbers and let-ters below the top line. For instance, if the player has a fifth grade card, that is the card having the letters M, N and O with the numerals from 17 to 20 inclusive, and that card is the card with NIN-18 at the top. The player ascertains from the numbers below the MN--lS on that card that the deck contains three other cards, they being M-l?, MNO--19, and MO-20- He thereupon calls for one of these cards thus: Give me IVIO-20, de` manding that card from some particular player. A draw may be made from any particular player designated by the commanding player and in the event that he fails to get the card he wishes, he may then draw one card from the cards remaining in the pack not dealt. If failure attends his effort thevneXt player to the left takes his turn. It the first player should get the card he desires either from another player or from the deck, be may continue to call upon his fellow-players until he fails to get the cards through the two changes given him. Four cards represent one grade and when a player collects four cards of 'a grade he scores one point. The teacher card is one point, and in the event that there should be a tie in points, the player holding the tirst grade set wins the game. It will be noted that as each child holds the various cards in his hand his attention will be always directed to the various letters and numbers which are on the said cards.

Referring more particularly to the first grade set of cards it will be seen that the child will be able in time to separate the letter A, B or C; that he will be able to pick out the various figures. It is a well known fact that children of the age to begin school or those of the age just prior to that have not the ability to quickly grasp and retain the various outlines of letters and figures and that it is necessary for the outlines to be constantly before them in order to impress the same upon their minds.

In teaching the children the numbers, it will be necessary to point out the numbers on the corners of the cards which represent the grades, and then the numbers on thev card certain letters are arranged other than in their alphabetical sequence, the child will be taught to pick out and recognize the letters whether or not they are in sequence.

1What I claim is 1. A game apparatus comprising a deck of cards divided into sets of equal number, and a supplementary card, the cards of each Set being provided with a grade designation at the upper left hand corner and columns of sets of consecutive letters of the alphabet and sets of consecutive numbers, the letters and numbers of each card set being arranged differently on each card, the supplementary card being designated by the words The teacher.

2. A game apparatus comprising a deck of cards divided into sets of equal number, the cards ot each set being provided with a grade designation at the upper left hand corner and columns of sets of consecutive letters of the alphabet and sets of consecuture, in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM T. TRUSTY. Witnesses I-I. W. FULLER, J. R. TRUSTY.

Copies of this patent :may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of '.Patents,

' Washington, D. C. 

